incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
guardian; mentor; protector
duty; obligation; responsibility
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
towering; astonishingly high
to examine someone's expression
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly